Her Mantle So Green

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[Verse 1]
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As I went out walking, one 
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morning in June
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To view the fair fields, and the 
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valleys in bloom;
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I spied a pretty fair maid, she 
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a-ppeared like a queen,
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With - her costly fine robes and
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 her mantle so green

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[Verse 2]
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Says I, my pretty fair maid, won’t 
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you come with me,
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We'll both join in wedlock, and 
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married we'll be;
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I will dress you in fine linen, 
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you'll a-ppear like a queen,
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With - your costly fine robes 
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and your mantle so green.

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[Verse 3]
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Says she, now my young man, you 
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must be ex-cused,
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For I'll wed with no man, so you 
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must be re-fused;
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To the green woods I will wander 
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and shun all men's view
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For - the boy I love dearly lies
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 in famed Water-loo.

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[Verse 4]
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Well, if you're not married, say 
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your lover's name
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I fought in that battle, so I 
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might know the same.
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Draw near to my garment, and 
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there you will see
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His – name is em-broidered on my 
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mantle so green.

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[Verse 5]
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In the ribbon of her mantle, there 
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I did be-hold,
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His name and his surname, in 
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letters of gold
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Young William O'Riley, a-ppeared 
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in my view
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He – was my chief comrade back in
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 famed Water-loo

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[Verse 6]
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And as he lay dying, I heard his 
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last cry
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’If you were here lovely Nancy I'd
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 be willing to die’
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And as I told her this story, in 
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anguish she flew,
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And - the more that I told her, 
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the paler she grew

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[Verse 7]
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So I smiled on my Nancy, 'twas I 
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broke your heart,
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In your fathers garden, that day 
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we did part
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And this is the truth, and the 
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truth I de-clare,
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Oh – here's your love token the 
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gold ring I wear